hey Curtis (cjohnson1)...

[michigandon]

I see that you had to turn your oil pan around too. I picked up the pickup tube and gasket needed for that yesterday (the 413 that is currently in the Travco has a forward-facing sump, and the Cummins' sump will end up in the steering stabilizer if left in the OEM configuration ).



I guess my question for you is pretty simple: what is involved with moving the dipstick forward? How difficult is it to get the little plug out of that forward hole? Is there a plug that needs to be purchased to plug the original hole once the tube is removed (I'm assuming that you have to destroy those little plugs to remove them).



Thanks once again,

Don

 

[michigandon]

Also...

Is that oil filler pipe something you can purchase, or did you fab it yourself? Thanks again!



Don

 

[cjohnson1]

Don,

I put a drift punch in the dipstick hole from the bottom side while the pan was off and popped it out. Mine was a brass hat type. It looked like a small water jacket plug. I hear that some are plastic. When I pulled the steel sleeve that the dip stick tube went over & found a bolt slightly smaller and knocked it out from the bottom. You could just use a pair of channel locks and pull and twist it out. I had to remove mine once after I had already buttoned up the pan and it came out fairly easy. I was going to just modify my pickup tube but decided not too. Had a dream one night of it falling off while crossing the desert and killing my motor. So I took it as a sign from "you know who"! $75 bucks is cheap insurance, I thought.

The Cummins dip stick tube on mine is nothing more than a plastic tube. So I use the long steel dip stick tube from the original ford motor and slipped it into the plastic tube after I figured out how long to make it. Just happened to fit inside. I just cut the plastic tube off to make it work. To figure the proper length out I added the recommended oil level to the engine and cranked it over to make sure the engine was oiled. Then adjusted the length of the Ford tube to show full. I even brazed the Cummins handle onto the Ford dipstick rod to make it look original.



The oil filler tube I kinda made. I hack sawed the original tube in half and just added two pieces of rubber hose (one an elbow),some hose clamps and some steel tubing to make it reach into the engine compartment. The intercooler tubing was taking up all the space in that section of the engine compartment.

The filler tube is plastic and unscrews out of the gear case housing.

You can get me on my regular E-Mail if you want! CurtisDrew@AOL.com

I usually check my E-Mail twice a day.





Hope that's what you needed!



Curtis J

 

[Crash_AF]

Oil fill is even easier than that. Purchase the valve cover with the oil filler hole in it and the 'mayo lid' plug from Cummins to fill the pump nut access hole for under $25 and put the fill port in whichever valve cover position is easiest to access. If anyone needs part #s, I can get them from my receipts.



Later,

Joe H

 

[michigandon]

Hey Joe, what is the P/N for that rocker box and plug? another fella suggested that to me as well.



Don

 

[JLEONARD]

Purchase the valve cover with the oil filler hole in it

This type of valve cover is on the marine version of the 6B... at least on every marine 6B I've seen.

Just ask Cummins for the marine valve cover and cap.

Jay

 

[michigandon]

Does this valve cover have the filler cap in the top or in the side?



Don

 

[JLEONARD]

The filler cap is on top.

 

[BV]

On the top of the valve cover